New York May Revise Gun-Control Law

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol in late February.

Two months after New York made it illegal to own ammunition magazines with more than seven rounds, state lawmakers say they may increase the limit to ten.

That change is one of several “technical corrections” that lawmakers are considering making to so-called SAFE Act, the set of new gun-control laws Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in mid-January in response to the shootings in Newtown, Conn. The bill also expanded the state’s definition of an “assault weapon,” and would create a database of the state’s registered gun owners for law enforcement officials.

The developments in New York come as Congress and other states are wrestling with other gun-control proposals. Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado — a state seen as a testing ground in the national gun debate — has signed legislation that would require background checks on all gun sales and ban sales of magazines with more than 15 rounds.